Maurice Hinson

This collection includes eight movements chosen and arranged for piano solo by Tchaikovsky himself in 1891, adapted from his orchestral ballet. To assist pianists in creating a memorable performance,...

Composed by one whose music is usually associated with transcendent difficulty, these works portray Liszt as a poetic miniaturist. The works chosen include the familiar Schumann/Liszt 'Dedication' and...

To capture the full, rich orchestral sound of this famous march, two intermediate level pianists will play at one keyboard, each supplying melodic material, textures and drama to the performance. Hist...

This series of publications is actually comprised of five narrowly focused series: Piano Music from His Early Years, Piano Music Inspired by Women, Dances of... /and Humor in Piano Music. They are a r...

One of Chopin's finest works, Fantasy in F Minor, Op. 49 is a sonata movement with short lento, sostenuto and adagio sostenuto sections. This edition contains numerous performance suggestions, and inc...

Irish composer John Field had a strong influence on the works of Chopin, Mendelssohn and Schumann, and his collection of nocturnes was praised by Franz Liszt for their beauty. This particular nocturne...

The G-major Sonata, Opus 79, is a lighthearted romp in its two outer movements, but these enclose a romantic and lyrical Andante movement. In this Maurice Hinson edition, performance and practice note...

Gabriel Faure gewidmet, stellt Ravel diesem Stück "flüssiger Poesie" eine Zeile von Henri de Regnier voran: "Der Flussgott lacht über das Wasser, wenn es ihn kitzelt". Ravel gab an, er wolle das Werk...

Edited by Maurice Hinson, this is Beethoven's complete Sonata, Opus 13. There are also historical notes about the work and the composer, as well as illustrations, performance suggestions, and notes by...

The famous Spanish composer Albeniz is mostly known for his guitar masterpieces, and yet his recognizable styling is beautifully suited to this 6/8 piano sonata, composed in the short, one movement fo...

These two noble and heroic rhapsodies are among Johannes Brahms's best-known works. This Alfred edition is based on the composer's personal copies of the first edition. Dr. Hinson offers valuable perf...

Dr. Hinson suggests that 'this appealing sonata was composed before 1780 and provides an example of the good-humored Haydn; it was intended for amateurs.' It is a light-hearted and very playable sonat...

This beautiful edition of one of Haydn's finest sonatas is nicely spaced, very readable, and features biographical information on the composer as well as many helpful performance notes for correct exe...

Presumably inspired by Charles Sainte-Beuve's collection of poems, this set of six pieces provides a wonderful introduction to Liszt's melodic invention, mood evocation and harmonic language. The most...

Two Scriabin compositions are presented here for performance by the left hand only, with performance notes and practice suggestions included. For pianists of advanced proficiency these will represent...

From Grieg's 'Lyric Pieces,' Op. 54, this well-known and descriptive 1891 composition was written after the composer's trip to the Jotunheimen mountains in Norway, and is meant to portray mystical noc...

Composed between 1906 and 1908, the Children's Corner Suite was written to capture the essence of childhood with charm, grace and humor. Debussy's intention was to create moods and sensations and, uti...

Originally conceived as part of a group of Rumanian folk dances for piano, these three movements are indeed dances, and are titled Bagpipers, Bear Dance, and Finale. There is a strong use of accents a...

During the latter part of his life, Brahms wrote only sets of relatively short pieces. With their formal and stylistic perfection, they are among the most valuable of the late-Romantic additions to pi...

Mozart composed only two sonatas in minor keys and it has been suggested that the dark quality of this A minor sonata was influenced by events surrounding the death of Mozart's mother. The three movem...

Mozart's well-known F major Sonata is nicely presented in this Masterworks Edition complete with performance helps, instructions on ornamentation, and notes within the score that show differences betw...